Review: Erik Della Penna – “Rainy” July 13, 2021 Ladies and gentlemen, Gotham’s antique-garde marches onward! Though banjo tinkerer and carnival barker/band leader Curtis Eller continues to rage raggedy in the North Carolina… Continue Reading
Review: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “A Poison Melody” May 30, 2019 I’m fairly convinced at this point that, if the singer/songwriter Curtis Eller wanted to walk on water, he’d find a way to do it… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “Lenny Bruce” January 28, 2019 DIRECT VIDEO LINK:https://youtu.be/w0vpzY8JMHw Curtis Eller, whose American Circus debuts its new song, “Lenny Bruce” here on MusicTAP today, is a banjo player, songwriter and… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: The Bipeds – “Dressful of Dreams” April 2, 2018 Antique-garde aficionados, take note: The Bipeds has arrived. The Bipeds is a dance-theater company/rock and roll band under the artistic direction of choreographer/dancer Stacy Wolfson and Curtis Eller,… Continue Reading
Review: Little Mazarn – S/T December 4, 2017 I’ve always considered Curtis Eller to be the prototypical underground banjo player. He crafts song-stories about history (or more appropriately, history through a warped… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Tyranny of Dave – “Silence In Brooklyn” b/w “All This 4 U” October 13, 2017 The antique-garde is rearing its head again. After seven years of silence, Pinataland founder David Wechsler – whose bizarre orchestrette once emanated from near… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW: Curtis Eller November 6, 2014 Curtis Eller, banjo-picker extraordinaire, presents listeners with a quintessentially American cause celeb. Few work harder to drum up and rally a crowd with their… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “How To Make It In Hollywood” July 30, 2014 Durham, N.C. has been good to Curtis Eller. Ever since the reigning banjo king of the East Coast’s “Antique-Garde” relocated to North Carolina from… Continue Reading
